CVE-2008-4934

CVE Details

Release Date:

2008-11-05

Description

The hfsplus_block_allocate function in fs/hfsplus/bitmap.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28-rc1 does not check a certain return value from the read_mapping_page function before calling kmap, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted hfsplus filesystem image.

See more information about CVE-2008-4934 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	7.8	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (kernel)	ELSA-2009-0014	2009-01-15
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (ocfs2-2.6.9-78.0.13.0.1.EL)	ELSA-2009-0014	2009-01-15
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (oracleasm-2.6.9-78.0.13.0.1.EL)	ELSA-2009-0014	2009-01-15
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)	ELSA-2009-0264	2009-02-11
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-128.1.1.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2009-0264	2009-02-11
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-128.1.1.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2009-0264	2009-02-11

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